®Planning appeal decision
2 Tidewell Mews, WESTGATE-ON-SEA, CT8 8PX
erection of 1No three-storey three bedroom detached dwelling adjacent to No.2 Tidewell Mews
- Authority
- Thanet District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hickey A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of future occupants with particular regard to noise, disturbance, outlook, light and external amenity space
- the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The overbearing effect of the protected tree and inadequate natural light to the ground floor living space would result in unacceptable living conditions for future occupiers, which substantially outweighed the moderate benefits of delivering one additional dwelling in an area with housing land supply shortfall.
The moderate benefits of delivering one additional dwelling and addressing housing land supply shortfall were substantially outweighed by the substantial harm to the living conditions of future occupiers through inadequate light, outlook and external amenity space, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy SP35, Policy QD03, Policy QD02
Judgments cited: Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.